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How Inequalities Develop Through Childhood: Life course evidence from the Young Lives Cohort study
This paper explores the processes of how and why inequalities emerge; their impact on children's lives and future prospects; the extent to which inequalities in individual capacities contribute to the intergenerational transmission of disadvantage; and th
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Changing Children's Lives: Risks and Opportunities. Young Lives Policy Paper
Children’s development and well-being are significantly influenced by their family and community environment, with poor and marginalised children facing a heavier burden of risk. This paper summarises emerging findings from Young Lives to show how childre
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What Inequality Means for Children. Evidence from Young Lives
Understanding how poverty and inequalities affect children is central to understanding the impact of the MDGs and development of the post-2015 agenda. This paper draws together research from across the Young Lives longitudinal study of child poverty to an
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La primera infancia en perspectiva: Cultura y aprendizaje
Ensuring "the development of the child... to the maximum extent possible" is part of every child’s rights under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. But to what extent is "development" a cultural process that varies between societies, or a natura
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Delivering quality early learning in low-resource settings. Progress and challenges in Ethiopia. Working Paper No. 59-- Bernard Van Leer Foundation
Ethiopia offers a case study in the development of Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) in low-resource settings, which needs to be understood in the context of recent government priorities to universalise primary education, and low levels of ECCE of
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What inequality means for children: Evidence from Young Lives
This Young Lives paper is a contribution to the global thematic consultation addressing inequalities within the post-2015 development agenda which is being co-organised by UNICEF and UN Women. Failure to fully integrate equality principles is recognised a
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Increasing choice or inequality? Pathways through early education in Andhra Pradesh, India. Working Paper No. 58, Studies in Early Childhood Transitions- Bernard van Leer Foundation
This working paper is part of the Studies in Early Transitions series emerging from Young Lives, a 15-year longitudinal study of childhood poverty in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam. It explores recent trends for children growing up in Andhra Pradesh, o
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Equity and quality? Challenges for early childhood and primary education in Ethiopia, India and Peru
Part of the "Studies in Early Transitions" series, this Working Paper draws on interviews and observations carried out as part of Young Lives, a 15-year longitudinal study of childhood poverty in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam based at the University o
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¿Equidad y calidad? Retos para la educación inicial y la primaria en Etiopía, India y Perú
Part of the "Studies in Early Transitions" series, this Working Paper draws on interviews and observations carried out as part of Young Lives, a 15-year longitudinal study of childhood poverty in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam based at the University o
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Early childhood in focus: Culture and learning
Ensuring "the development of the child... to the maximum extent possible" is part of every child’s rights under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. But to what extent is "development" a cultural process that varies between societies, or a natura
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Early childhood transitions research: A review of concepts, theory, and practice. Working paper No. 48
This paper reviews the major perspectives in research on early childhood transitions. Assessing concepts in developmental theory that preceded transitions research, as well as more recent approaches including systems theories and the role of children as a
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Is there a place for work in child development? Implications of child development theory and research for interpretation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, with particular reference to Article 32, on children, work and exploitation
This paper is about the role of child-development knowledge and research in international efforts to improve the lives and prospects for millions of working children. Article 32 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is framed in psychologi